Animal-dipping tank.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

A. A. KRAMER.

ANIMAL DIPPING TANK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

ANDREWV A. KRAMER, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

ANllVIAL-DIPPING TANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,139, dated June 13,1905.

Application filed June 11,1904. Serial No. 212,159.

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW A. KRAMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of WVyandotte and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Animal-Dipping Tank, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to dippingtanks, such as are commonly included inthe paths or runways leading from pens to a slaughterhouse,shearing-station, and the like, and are designed to contain a liquidsolution through which the animals are compelled to pass. Ordinarilysuch tanks have abrupt upright ends at the entrances thereof, therebyresulting in quick and violent precipitation of the animals into thetank, frequently resulting in the breaking of the legs of the animalsand also causing them to become turned over in the liquid, and therebydrowned.

In view of the objections above noted it is the purpose of the presentinvention to provide certain improvements in dipping-tanks for stock,whereby each animal will be slid gradually into the tank without dangerof being turned over therein and without liability of breaking the legsof the animal,

while at the same time preserving the general form and characteristicsof this class of dipping-tanks in order that the present form of tankmay be fitted in the ordinary runways without requiring any alterationsor changes therein.

Vith these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of astock-dipping tank embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view showing a modification of the invention.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

The present tank will ordinarily be formed of sheet metal, preferablygalvanized, and includes spaced longitudinal side walls 1 and 2 andfront and rear ends 3 and A, respectively, the top of the tank beingwholly and constantly open and provided with an outwardlydirectedperipheral flange 5 for convenience in supporting the tank in a'runway.The front end 3 of the tank is at the entrance there- 'to and inclinesdownwardly and forwardly into the flat bottom 6 of the tank, from therear end of which the rear end wall 4: of the tank inclines upwardly andoutwardly or rearwardly, so as to constitute an exit-chute. The form oftank shown in Figs. 1 and 2 has the entrance end or entrance -chuteportion 3 bowed, so as to be concaved upon the inner side of the tank,while the form shown in Fig. 3 is provided with a series of flat faces7, ap proximating an arc and having all of the functiocrlis andadvantages of the bowed or arcuate en 3.

When in use, the present tank is let in flush with the floor of a runwayleading from a tank to a slaughter-house, shearing-station, or the like,the flange 5 being secured to the floor, so as to support the top of thetank flush with the top of the floor, the body of the tank ofcourse'hanging below the floor. Preparatory to using the tank a liquidsolution of any approved or preferred form is placed in the tank, andthen the animals are driven from the pen into the runway, the tank beingdisposed to have the animals pass thereacross in the direction of thearrow on Fig. 2. Upon reaching the entrance-pen 3 of the tank eachanimal gradually slides down the entrancechute 3 and is therebygradually deposited into the bath Without liability of being turned overtherein or having its legs broken by the fall. By reason of the gradualupward and rearward inclination of the exit-chute endfL of the tank theanimal may readily pass upwardl y on said exit-chute and regain thefloor of the runway and then pass on to the slaughter-house or otherdestination. It will of course be understood that the width of the tankapproximates the width of the runway between the upright walls thereofin order that there may be no spaces at the side of the tank throughwhich the animals may pass, and thereby avoid the bath, whereby eachanimal is compelled to pass through the tank, and thereby be subjectedto the liquid solution contained in the tank.

In addition to the advantage of gradually sliding the animals into thetank without overturning the animals or otherwise endangering the samethe downwardly-converged ends of the tank give the latter such a shapeas to require somewhat less solution to obtain the desired depth than isnecessary with the ordinary form of tanks, wherefore the present form oftank has an economical advantage, as

well as the advantage of preventing injury to the animals.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed isr Astock-dipping tank having its top wholly and constantly open andprovided with an ex ternal peripheral supporting-flange, the entranceend of the tank being bowed downwardly and forwardly from its top edgeto the bottom of the tank, the inner face of said .end being concavedand constituting an entrance-chute, and the rear end of the tank beinginclined upwardly and rearwardl'y from the bottom of the tank to the topedge thereof and constituting an eXit-chute.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afli xedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW A. KRAMER.

itnessesz A. L. BOUDEN, H. A. STALEY.

